Hey. We've all been there, right? New builders, trying to figure out our style...then we discover photo hosting and a community for our favorite theme.

Some of us have been around for quite some time, and I know we've all got something hiding in our Brickshelf folders or Flickr galleries...that one MOC that was your first. The first one you built--and photographed--and posted. The lighting might be off, and our background choice may be questionable. But we were learning, and that's what's important.

So share em' here! We want to see. It's good for ALL builders to know where they came from. It shapes where you're going to go!

I shall start this off. I am and always have been a builder of tan castles. I have this thing for desert castles. WAY back before I joined CC this little castle that I built..was posted on this forum by my friend because I was at one point, too timid to show it off and talk here.

I still build in tan. I shall probably always build in tan. If you can't find tan on bricklink, well figure it like this..Blue was buying out the tan bricks again. Oh and I do have a really cool tan castle creation that shall be shown soon.

My first MOC on Brickshelf was a littlevilla. I never posted it publicly on any forum.

My first MOC posted to a forum was the Ruins of Mourning. I no longer have photos of the first incarnation, but the photos here are the redo. All I did was prepare the MOC for viewing from all angles instead of one.

To put a few things into perspective, I was 19 when I posted those, and it was 2004.

This was my first castle moc I made after coming out of my dark age.Here's the cc THREAD.The landscaping and interior were a little iffy, but otherwise I'm still satisfied with it. Can't believe its been 5 years!

He who thinks you should look at the box that says "Quaraga" if you want to find out his username (about as useful to you as his real name). he only wants you to look so he can laugh about you looking there because he's a total smart...